Shuffleboard Scoreboard
Frame-by-frame scoring for table shuffleboard, with the hammer tracked and a running total on a big display.
How to use
- Step 1After all eight weights are down, look for the puck closest to the far end — that side is the only one that scores the frame.
- Step 2Tap the scoring team, then tap the total, or count puck by puck with the +1 / +2 / +3 / +4 buttons. If nothing is past the opponent's best puck, tap “Blank frame”.
- Step 3Press “Score frame”. The board adds it up, moves the hammer to the side that shoots last next frame, and calls the game at 15 or 21.
How a frame is scored on a shuffleboard table
Table shuffleboard is scored one frame at a time, and only one side ever scores. Each player shoots four weights, alternating, until all eight are on the table. Then you find the single puck that has travelled furthest — whoever owns it takes the frame, and counts every one of their pucks that sits beyond the opponent's best puck. The opponent scores nothing, no matter how many of their weights are on the table.
What each scoring puck is worth depends on the zone it stopped in: 1 in the first zone past the foul line, 2 in the next, 3 in the far zone. A puck that overhangs the end of the table without falling into the alley is a hanger and is worth 4. If a puck is touching a line at all it scores the lower of the two zones, so a weight straddling the 2 and the 3 counts as 2.
So a frame of 7 is perfectly normal: a hanger (4) plus a puck in the 3 zone, both of them past anything the other side has. A weight that has not fully crossed the foul line does not count at all, and neither does one that fell off the side or into the alley.
| Where the puck stopped | Points |
|---|---|
| Short of the foul line, or off the table | 0 |
| Past the foul line, in the first zone | 1 |
| In the second zone | 2 |
| In the third zone | 3 |
| Overhanging the end without falling — a hanger | 4 |
| Touching a line | The lower of the two zones |
Playing to 15 or 21, and who gets the hammer
Agree the target before the first frame. Fifteen is the usual bar and league length; 21 makes a longer game and is the other common choice. Either way you play until one side reaches it, so the last frame can swing a game that looked finished.
The hammer is the last weight of the frame, and it is a real advantage: you get the final chance to knock an opponent off, push your own puck through or drop a hanger. The team that scores has to shoot first in the next frame, which means the hammer goes to the side that did not score. If a frame is blank — nobody has a puck past the opponent's best — the side that had the hammer shoots first next, so the hammer switches there too. The board tracks this for you and shows HAMMER next to the team that shoots last.
This is the table game, not deck shuffleboard
There are two different sports with the same name, and they are scored nothing alike. This board is for table shuffleboard — the 22-foot waxed table in a bar or a games room, played by hand with eight weights.
Deck or floor shuffleboard is the outdoor court game played with cues on a 52-foot court. Its scoring triangle is marked 10, 8, 8, 7, 7 with a 10-OFF penalty area at the base, discs in the penalty area subtract 10, and games usually run to 50, 75 or 100 points. If that is the game you are keeping score for, the zones and the target on this page will not match your court.
What this scoreboard tracks
- One score per frame for the side that took it, entered as a total or counted puck by puck, plus a blank-frame button.
- Running totals in large numerals with a full-screen display mode for the screen above the table.
- Who shoots last next frame, updated by the rules: the scoring side loses the hammer, and a blank frame switches it too.
- A frame-by-frame history with the score after each frame. Tap a frame number to correct it and every later total follows.
- Target of 15 or 21, team names and colors, take back the last frame, undo, and a live view link for the room.
Questions and answers
Can both players score in the same frame?
No. Only the player whose puck is furthest down the table scores, and only for their own pucks that are past the opponent's best puck. Everything else on the table is worth nothing that frame.
Is a hanger worth 4 points or 5?
On the usual table, marked with 1, 2 and 3 zones, a hanger is worth 4. Some tables are marked 1-2-3-4 across the zones, and on those a hanger counts 5. This board uses the common 1-2-3 marking with a 4-point hanger; if your table is the other kind, enter the frame total by hand.
Who shoots first in the next frame?
The side that scored. That is why the hammer — the last weight — belongs to the side that did not score. If nobody scored, the side that had the hammer shoots first, so the hammer changes hands after a blank frame as well.
Should we play to 15 or 21?
Both are standard and you agree before you start. Fifteen is the common house and league game and takes roughly ten to fifteen frames; 21 gives the side that falls behind more room to come back. Change it any time in the settings — the running totals are not affected.
Can people watch the score from the bar?
Tap “Share live” and show the QR code or send the link. Anyone who opens it sees the totals and the frame history update in real time, and nobody but you can change the score.